House Hunters International – die Gauntletts (Day 3)

Last night we went to the ToyTown beer garden meet up in Haidhausen and was able to meet a few great people. Toytown Germany is an English-speaking website for Germany and a place where people can post events, jobs, apartments, etc. We plan to attend next week and hopefully start making some connections.

Today, we are scheduled to view another flat in Maxvorstadt, but prior to meeting with the owners, Brad and I decided to check out the area again as we still have not located the market that our relocation agent mentioned yesterday. Well, we found it and the place is huge (much different than the other ones we have been seeing)!!! I was very excited to find tofu, .1% fett milch and several other American products (popcorn, kettle chips, hot chocolate). Brad loves the giant meat section and pasta aisle. Needless to say, we were both happy with the grocery store situation by the flat. Afterwards, we decided to time how long of a walk it was from the flat to Schwabing and were pleasantly surprised that it only took about ten minutes at a rather slow pace. We checked out the open market and a vintage store (found black over the knee Christian Louboutins boots, but decided against it), prior to heading to Kaisergarten for lunch. We love this place and believe it will be our favorite biergarten. I know, this maybe a little premature, but it has such a great atmosphere with delicious Bavarian cuisine, tasty beer for Brad and bubbly for me, excellent people watching (a young mother chasing her children around in the gravel wearing suede Louboutins…love it), and just a wonderful place. As we were leaving, Brad and I turned to each other and said “I cannot wait to take all of our visitors here.” (http://www.kaisergarten.com/)


We then headed back to the flat in Maxvorstadt to meet with the owners and after touring the apartment, we think it is a good fit for us. It is small (of course it is larger than our studio in San Francisco, we will have to get used to having doors again), but they used the space well and it comes fully furnished. The area of town is great (close to shops, restaurants, bars, markets, etc.) and it is not too far from where Brad will be working. Allianz is in the “Schwabing” area of Munich, which is directly North of Maxvorstadt, the area this apartment is in. The only reason we call it “potential” is because our relocation agency needs to finalize the paperwork with the owners. Hopefully, we’ll be moved in around November 1st. More to come on this front, but we did have kaffee with the owners afterwards and they seemed to really like us.

Viel Liebe – die Gauntletts